Nokia mainly produces and sells mobile telephones. They also built base stations to transmit the signals. The Head Office is in Helsinki. They have a research centre in Tampere. That's about 150 kilometers north of Helsinki. They have research centres in other countries as well. Nokia employs about 53,000 people worldwide. They have factories in about ten countries and offices in any more.

The company speaks Finnish and English. The biggest market is in China. They sell a lot of telephones there. The US is also a big market, and Europe too. There is a lot of competition. The competitors are Motorola and Ericsson. Nokia advertises on TV, in magazines and on buses. It also sponsors sports events.
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Dielle

Lorella Braglia _________ the founder of Dielle, and also the main designer. Her husband, Danilo, ________ for the company as Marketing Director. Lorella ______ to collections every year and _________ them at fashion shows in London, Paris, and New York.

Dielle _______ everything in Italy, and ________ very modern equipment in its workshops. The company ______ the services of seventy workshops in and around Reggio Emilia. It ________ 100 000 units per year. Lorella and her husband ________ in a house in the center of Reggio Emilia, not far from the office. They _______ not often there, because they both _______ a lot. How do they relax? “I ________ yoga and Danillo _______ golf. “ says Lorella. At the week-ends they ________ golf together and _________ out at local restaurants with their children.

Alex Springer Verlag

Alex Springer Verlag is one of Europe’s largest media groups. Its most famous product is Bild, the German tabloid newspaper, which has 4.5 million readers. The company is based in Berlin, and employs 12 000 people. It publishes 180 newspapers and magazines in different countries in Europe and has annual sales of 2.8 billion $. The founder’s family owns just over 50% of the company, and Kirch Gruppe has about 40%.

The group owns a number of TV stations and production companies. In the future it hopes to expand its Internet activities.

Fiat SpA

Based: Turin

Activity: Automobile production. It also manufactures agricultural and commercial vehicles and equipment for the construction industry.

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The first part of my presentation is about the company structure of Pizza Hut (UK). The second part looks at the present activity of the company in the UK, and in the last part I want to talk about our future plans. First, the structure. Let’s start with the parent company. As you know, Pizza Hut (UK) is a subsidiary of Tricon Global restaurants. There are other brands in the group, such as KFC and TACO Bell. The president of Pizza Hut (UK) is Jon Prinsell.

Now, let’s look at our present activity. Business is very good. People in Britain like pizza! We have sales of over $ 300 million from 400 outlets. We employ about 16000 people. In Britain our brand is very well-known . 80% of the population eat at Pizza Hut at least once a year. On top of that, we deliver 75000000 pizzas to people’s homes. Pizzas are our main product, but we also sell a lot of pasta, salads, desserts, and drinks.

Finally, the future. In the next ten years we plan to open at least another hundred restaurants. At the moment, our market share of all meals in restaurants in Britain 6 %. We would like to increase that number to 10% in the next ten years. With our customers and our staff, that aim is possible.
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Michelin

Michelin is the famous old family company with a dynamic young chairman. Edouard Michelin i ______ , the great-grandson of the founder of this company, which is based in Clermont Ferrand in the center of France. Michelin m ______ tyres and s ______ them all over the world. The company e _______ about 120 000 people and h ________ annual sales of over 14 billion $. Goodyear and Firestone a _______ Michelin’s main competitors. Edouard Michelin m_______ the company using modern methods. At the moment Michelin s ______ tyres to the BMW Williams Team. The company has 2 main markets, Europe and the USA, but it p ______ to develop the Asian market. In the USA it o______ the Uniroyal company. It a _______ a lot on TV and in magazines and s ________ racing events. It also p _______ the famous Michelin guide books. Edouard Michelin and his wife h ______ five children and l_____ just outside Clermont Ferrand.
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Michelin is a tyre fabric /manufacturer/ product.

There are over 120 000 employs /employees / employers.

It has a profit /loss/ turnover of over 14 $ billion.

The company / society/ factory has a young chairman.

Michelin is BMW William’s tyre buyer /retailer/ supplier.

Michelin gets /owes/ owns Uniroyal.

Michelin’s head office /head hunter/ head room is in Clermont Ferrand.

Its main competes/ competitors/ competitive are Goodyear and Firestone.

Glick and Warburg

Realtors. 5th Avenue and 34th St. New York

Fax Message To: Vernon Linkblatter

Date: 9th June From: Leanne Sands
Dear Vernon,
As you requested, here are instructions on how to get to us on Friday 13th June.
When you come out of Penn station, walk up West 31st Street. Turn left and walk up Seventh Avenue. Take the third right onto west 34th Street. You’ll see Macy’s Department store on your left when you turn. Go straight on down the street, past Macy’s. At Herald Square, cross Broadway and then the Avenue of the Americas. Continue straight on down East 34th Street, and our building is on the next corner on the left, just across from the Empire State Building. The main entrance is on Fifth Avenue.
Give me a call if you have any problems on the way. Have a safe journey, and we look forward to seeing you again on the 13th.

Four exciting things to do with your clients on a trip to the Loire Valley

Visit the Renaissance Chateau du Clos-Luce. This castle was the home of Leonardo da Vinci in his final years. See an exibition of models of da Vinci’s machines, reproduced by IBM from his original drawings. Enjoy a Renaissance dinner with traditional music and menu.

Visit the wine-tasting school at Saumur. Learn the secrets of sparkling “champagne method” winemaking, and taste it for yourself.

Fly in a hot air balloon over magnificent chateaux and sleepy villages. After your 1,5 hour flight, drink champagne and take time to enjoy the beauty of the French countryside.

Do our classic car rally. Visit chateaux, vineyards, and other places of interest in a classic Cadillac (with chauffeur), and ask questions as you go. Have fun and learn about the region at the same time.

E: There _______ two red files on my desk yesterday. Where are they now?

F: They ________ there when I left last night. John ____ here. Maybe he took them.
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1. Where did you stay? I stayed at the Holiday Inn.

The Research Department

As you know there are four scientists in the department plus ten technicians. Our main activity is software research. We have a well-equipped laboratory and four offices. We are not in the main building. We work a lot with computer companies in the USA, so we spend a lot of our budget on travel.

In the Purchasing Department. There a re five managers in the team and seven administrative staff. We are responsible for all purchases, raw material, components, and other supplies. We travel a lot to China, the Philippines, and Korea. We have a large open-plan office on the second floor and two more offices on the top floor. We use fax and e-mail a lot.

The Human Resources Department is on the first floor of the main building. We are responsible for recruitment and training. As you know, we spend a lot of our budget on computer and language training. There are six of us in the department, plus the Director.

The Communication Department is very small. There are three of us in one large open-plan office on the ground floor. We are in charge of internal and external communications and public relations. Our main projects are the company newsletter, which we produce four times a year, and we a re also responsible for the publication of the annual report.

Perrier Vittel

Perrier Vittel is a ______ of the Nestle Group. It has millions of _________ all over the world. It is the water _________ of the group and has many famous _______ such as San Pellegrino, Contrex, Panna and Aquarel. There are sixty-seven _______ __________ producing billions of litres of bottled water. The main _________ __________ of the Nestle Group is in Lausanne and there is a network of seventeen other centers on four continents employing 2 500 staff. This research helps produce safe and affordable water for everybody.

A recent new __________ is Nestle Pure Life. The company bottles this water locally in developing countries such as Pakistan and Brazil.

Nestle’s interest in water began in 1969 with the _______ of 30% of Vittel. After the _______ of Perrier – Vittel became a major part of the Nestle group. Today water sales represent 8.8 % of the group’s __________. The group is the international _________ ________ for bottled water with a 15 % _________ _________. A new CEO, Frits van Dijk took over in 2000 and he aims to keep Perrier Vittel at the front of the bottled water market in both sales and technology.
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SBS

SBS stands for Siemens Business Services. It is a division of the famous German company Siemens. It is only about five years old but is already responsible for a considerable part of Siemens’ turnover. How? Siemens had the idea in 1995. A whole department of Siemens was at the time responsible for the information and communication activities of Siemens. The idea was to offer this service not only inside the company but outside too. SBS is now one of the world’s leading providers in the area of electronic business solutions and services.

Friedrich Froeschl is the SEO and SBS is now an independent division with 33 000 employees in 88 countries and turnover of $5,8 billion. One of its largest customers is the British government. SBS organizes and manages the passports and national savings for Britain. In Europe its main competitors are IBM, Cap Gemeni, and EDS. With growth in this market of at least 15% the future looks bright for this German service company.

Repsol YPF is the Spanish oil company. Oil and petrol are its main products. But the company also manufactures and distributes gas, petrochemicals and electricity.

The company is expanding very quickly now. Repsol YPF is developing its activity in Latin America. In Spain they are building a big technology center for research and development work.

In Latin America Repsol operates mostly in Argentina. Recently, Repsol bought the Argentinian company YPF and the company has a new South American headquarters in Buenos Aires.

At the moment the training department of the company is organizing specialized training programmes because the company’s introducing a lot of new technology and computer tools.
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Repsol: A growing presence in Latin America

Repsol_______ its operations in Latin America at the moment.

Following a takeover in 1999, Repsol now ____ YPF, the biggest industrial company in Argentina. YPF _____ and sells oil and gas in seven South American countries, Indonesia and the USA. Repsol also has a 67.86% share in the Argentinian oil company Astra ______ C.A.P.S.A., which _______ in oil exploration and production. The Repsol YPF company _______ a world wide production capacity of 1.2 million barrels of oil per day, of which 364 000 barrels are produced in Argentina. As for distribution, Repsol YPF _______ its petrol in a network of about 3.300 service stations in Argentina, compared with 800 before. Sales ______ usually very high in these stations, and the Argentinian petrol market ________very quickly, so the prospects for further expansion are very good.

Currently, Repsol YPF _____ Latin America to discover its cultural history. It _____ a special community programme which _______ the traditional music of Latin America from the 16th to the 19th century.
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